University of Virginia Library

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University
of Virginia was held on this date in the Office of the President of Mary Washington College,
Fredericksburg, Virginia, with the following present: The Rector, Barron F. Black; President Colgate
W. Darden, Jr., of the University of Virginia; Dr. M. L. Combs, President of Mary Washington College;
Visitors Emmett, Gay, Howard, Mears and Willis. Absent: Visitors Anderson, Barksdale, Carrington,
Garnett, Gravatt, Smith, Talbott and Wailes.

The minutes of the meeting of January 19, 1951, which had been copied and mailed to the
members, were approved.

GIFTS

The President reported the following gifts which had been received.

                     

From Mr. Clifton Waller Barrett, rare books valued at	$ 3,500.00
From Mr. Samuel M. Bemiss, a rare book valued at	600.00
From Mr. A. H. Perlman, for the Medical Library	100.00
From the U. S. Public Health Service, National Heart Institute, for research under the direction of Dr. William Parson	9,249.00
From Dr. Stephen H. Watts, for the Medical Library	100.00
From the Research Corporation, in support of research in chemistry by Dr. Thomas I. Crowell	1,400.00
From various sources, contributions to the Institute of Public Affairs	251.00
From the U. S. Public Health Service, for research by Dr. J. F. A. McManus, Associate Professor of Pathology	3,348.00
From Mr. William F. May, for the Medical Library	200.00
From Mr. Norborne Berkeley, for the benefit of members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity	5,000.00
From the Class of 1936, to establish the "Class of 1936 Memorial Scholarship"	976.00

Upon recommendation of the President, the following leaves of absence, elections, and
appointments were approved.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. T. Munford Boyd, Professor of Law, be and he is hereby granted leave of absence without pay
for the second semester of the 1950-51 session and for the session of 1951-52 to accept an appointment
as chairman of the Appeals Board of the National Production Authority.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mr. Fred Blanton, Assistant Professor of Law, be and he is hereby granted leave of absence without
pay for the session of 1951-52 in order to take graduate work toward an advanced degree.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Dr. Charles A. Micaud, Associate Professor of Foreign Affairs, be and he is hereby granted leave
of absence without pay for the second semester of the session of 1950-51 in order to serve with the
Institute of International Studies at Yale University.

ELECTIONS

Dr. Robert D. Wright as Professor of Social and Environmental Medicine and chairman of the
school, effective February 15, 1951, at an annual salary of $10,000, beginning January 1, 1952. His
salary from February 15, 1951 through December 31, 1951, is to be paid by the U. S. Public Health
Service.

Dr. Desmond R. H. Gourley as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, effective September 1,
1951, at a salary of $4,600.

Dr. William E. Craddock as Instructor in Roentgenology, effective April 1, 1951, at a salary
of $5,000 per year for the first year, to be paid from the income of the School of Roentgenology.
This is a replacement for Dr. Pittman, who is leaving March 31st.

Dr. Samuel Katzoff as a Lecturer in the physics program at Langley Field, Virginia, for the
first semester of the session of 1950-51, his salary to be paid by the Extension Division.

Dr. E. D. Vere Nicoll elected Instructor in Orthopedics effective March 1, 1951, at a salary
of $5,000 per year, to be paid from income of the School of Orthopedics.

Mr. James W. Allison as Lecturer in Office Practice in the Department of Law for the second
semester of the session of 1950-51, at a salary of $500.

Mr. John H. Bocock as Lecturer in Office Practice in the Department of Law for the second
semester of the session 1950-51, at a salary of $500.

Mr. Edwin B. Meade as Lecturer in Equity Pleading and Practice in the Department of Law, for
the second semester of the session 1950-51, at a salary of $500.

Mr. Harry Michael, Jr., as Lecturer in Criminal Law for the second semester of the session
of 1950-51, at a salary of $1,000.

Mr. Robert E. Taylor as Lecturer in Office Practice, in the Department of Law, for the
second semester of the 1950-51 session, at a salary of $750.

Judge Lemuel F. Smith as Lecturer in Virginia Procedure, in the Department of Law, for
the second semester of the session of 1950-51, at a salary of $600.

Mr. Lyttleton Waddell as Lecturer in Virginia Procedure, in the Department of Law, for
the second semester of the session of 1950-51, at a salary of $600.

Dean Philip W. Thayer as Lecturer in International Law for the second semester of the
session of 1950-51, at a salary of $2,000.

Mr. Donald R. Richberg as Lecturer in Constitutional Law for the second semester of the
session 1950-51, at a salary of $500.

Mr. Percy Williams as Lecturer in Administrative Law for the second semester of the session
1950-51, at a salary of $1,000.

APPOINTMENT

Major Gerald M. Rosenthal as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics, as of
February 1, 1951, without salary from the University.

CHANGE IN NAME OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS

The following resolutions were adopted.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the name of the School of Surgery and Gynecology be and it is hereby changed to the
School of Surgery.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the School of Preventive Medicine and Bacteriology be and it is hereby organized as two
separate schools to be known as the School of Microbiology and the School of Social and Environmental
Medicine.

UNCOLLECTIBLE HOSPITAL ACCOUNTS

The following resolution was adopted.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the Hospital Accounts Committee be and it is hereby authorized to charge off as uncollectible
accounts schedules 184, 185, 186 and 187, aggregating $7,069.96, recommended by them
for cancellation.

PETITION FROM INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL

The Inter-Fraternity Council requested permission to hold rushing at the close of the
spring semester this year, as many students now in the University expected to be called into service
in June. The President stated that he had referred the petition to the Committee of Deans and
the Committee on the Lower Division. He requested authority of the Board to amend the present
regulations for this year only, should the proposal meet with the approval of the committees mentioned
above. A resolution was adopted leaving the decision in the matter to the discretion of
the President.

PROPOSAL FROM VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

A proposal from the Virginia Electric and Power Company to erect two electric poles on
University property, as shown on a sketch presented by the President, was approved. The setting of
these poles will provide an alternate source of power for the University in case trouble should develop
on the present line.

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART

President Darden presented to the Board the following letter.

The Board approved in general the proposal but requested that the President place a time
limit on the use of the museum by the Corcoran Gallery, and that a saving clause be inserted in any
agreement, whereby the Corcoran Gallery would agree to move its collection upon reasonable notice,
should the University need the space utilized.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

President Darden said that he wished to advise the Board that the National Gallery of Art
had asked the University if permission might be secured to build an air-conditioned storage warehouse
on University property. This warehouse would be used by the Gallery during the present emergency
and when it was no longer needed by the Gallery it would be given to the University. The
President stated that no definite proposal had been received as yet from the National Gallery, but
he simply wanted to keep the Board informed.

VIRGINIA BAR EXAMINATIONS

Mr. Gay pointed out that a sizable number of University graduates of the Law School had in
recent years been failing the State Bar Examination. A discussion of the matter then occurred which
may be summarized as follows.

It is the practice on the part of the State Board of Law Examiners of asking questions which
concern the Virginia Code. It was freely admitted that the law course at the University of Virginia
does not cover the Virginia Code. However, in order to do this adequately, a great amount of time
would be required. The subject of the Virginia Code would be of little interest to out-of-state students,
and we are very anxious to retain in the membership of the Law School a considerable number
of out-of-state students. It was first proposed that some change be made in the courses at the Law
School. Then, however, it seemed to be the consensus that the fault did not lie with the Law School,
but rather with the kind of questions asked by the law examiners. When this stage of the discussion
was reached, a motion was passed requesting President Darden to confer with Dean Ribble and suggest
that the deans of the law schools appear before the Board of Law Examiners and lay before that Board
the dilemma of the law schools and inferentially ask that the nature of the questions be more in relation
to the general law, rather than to the statutes of Virginia.

MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE MATTERS

NAMING OF BUILDINGS

The following resolutions were adopted.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the new infirmary building at Mary Washington College be named in honor of Dr. Hugh Mercer,
and as customary, that the college be authorized to install a bronze plaque carrying the name of the
building and other appropriate information.

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that the central unit of the new Fine Arts Group now under construction at Mary Washington College be
and is hereby named Jesse Ball duPont in honor of Mrs. Alfred I. duPont in recognition of her generosity
and deep interest in the college.

NROTC UNIT OF WAVES

President Combs stated that inquiries had been received by the college as to whether or not
the Board of Visitors would entertain the establishment of a Naval ROTC Unit of Waves at Mary Washington
College, should the Navy desire to establish same. Whereupon a resolution was adopted by the
Board approving the establishment of such a unit should it be asked by the Navy.

BUDGET CALENDAR

The question of a calendar for the Mary Washington budget was deferred until the March meeting.

BIDS ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND CLASSROOM BUILDING

Bids as follows were received on the Physical Education and Classroom Building:

               

Irons and Reynolds		$687,500
Alternate A - Omit Dormitory Windows	$3,468
Alternate B - Omit remote control of Electric Work	400	3,868
		$683,632
R. H. Wattinger		$725,000
Alternate A - Omit Dormitory Windows	$3,000
Alternate B - Omit remote control of Electric Work	400	3,400
		$721,600

The above building contains 633,500 cubic feet. The low bid received was $1.07 per cubic foot.

President Combs did not recommend the acceptance of these bids. He did suggest an appearance
be made before the Governor to ask release of a part of the conditional appropriation for
the Science Building, to finance the Physical Education Building. However, President Darden discouraged
this, because he recited a recent discussion he had with Governor Battle in which the
Governor stated flatly that he could not release these conditional funds.

President Combs was instructed to reject the above bids. The appropriation for the
above building amounts to $300,000. President Combs stated that he believed the school could finance
a loan of $150,000 on this building, but an additional $300,000 would still be needed. He
suggested that the Governor be asked to release a part of the conditional appropriation for the
Science Building to finance this structure. The matter was referred to the Mary Washington Committee
to decide which building should be constructed first; the Mary Washington Committee was then
asked to refer the financing of the building to the Finance Committee.

The meeting was then adjourned.